Retaining walls and patio

[Cougsfan]

Any pictures? Those large block walls can look real nice.

This is the best picture of it that I could find. The wall continues to rise further on down. It then makes a 90 degree turn to the right around the shop (not shown) and comes back down on the other side. I had to make this wall to create a level spot on that piece of property so I could make a shop and parking area large enough to turn a long trailer around. Half of the first row is below ground level.

 

[goeduck]

Looks good!

 

[MossRoad]

That's looks nice!

 

[deezler]

Looking great, Muhammad. As a parent of young children I look at that view from the garage down to street, and just see endless trips, falls, scrapes, and bashed skulls LOL.

Seriously though, lotta trip hazards created here. Is the plan to fill in, in between all the concrete sections with stone?

 

[goeduck]

I saw this big block wall over the weekend.

 

[4570Man]

I saw this big block wall over the weekend.

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I set some of those once. I wasn’t a big fan. Those dome top blocks are harder to line up than the more standard V top blocks.they’re also heavier. Those are 5,000 pounds or s little better apiece where the more standard ones are 3600 pounds.

 

[dragoneggs]

Any pictures? Those large block walls can look real nice.

Big big job messing with those 'Reddi Blocks'. I think I posted a thread on this project a few years back. Tore out a very old railroad tie bulkhead (not built to code) and neighbor had these blocks installed. Just the engineering was serious $$$...

 

[goeduck]

Big big job messing with those 'Reddi Blocks'. I think I posted a thread on this project a few years back. Tore out a very old railroad tie bulkhead (not built to code) and neighbor had these blocks installed. Just the engineering was serious $$$...

Who did your engineering if I may ask? Your wall looks nice. Your drone picture (with the curved wall) is almost exactly what I need (without such slope).

 

[dragoneggs]

Who did your engineering if I may ask? Your wall looks nice. Your drone picture (with the curved wall) is almost exactly what I need (without such slope).

N.L. Olsen & Associates in Port Orchard.

 

[episodeofgeorge]

Just saw your post while looking for patio ideas, and it reminded me of a project we did at my cousin’s place a while back. He had a similar issue, and we ended up building a couple of retaining walls with those interlocking blocks—super easy to work with once you get the hang of it.
For the patio, we replaced his old concrete slab with pavers, and it made a huge difference. If your brother’s adding a hot tub, he’ll definitely need to reinforce the base, though—that thing will be heavy when it’s filled. Also, adding some comfy furniture really brought the whole space together. If he’s still working on it, you can go to site for some good stuff to check out.